We begin Exodus worried, saddened, and angered by the conclusion of Long Night of Solace, and that’s a feeling that doesn’t go away for the rest of the game. It’s also an effective stage-setter for the events of Exodus, which further reinforce the above and continue to subvert a Halo fan’s expectations of a power fantasy. It’s a powerful moment in the story that solidifies the fact that for the first time, this is a fight in Halo that we can’t win. And we, Noble Six, are left helplessly falling through space as it begins to happen. Despite the destruction of the Covenant’s massive warship, dozens more poured out of slipspace literally seconds afterwards, overwhelming the planet’s defenses and bolstering the Covenant’s invasion force.
Jorge gave his life in order to activate the “slipspace bomb” and destroy the Long Night of Solace, but it ultimately would end up being for naught. Prior to the first steps we take in Exodus, we’re coming off of a jarring loss.
While I’m not particularly a fan of Halo: Reach as a whole, Exodus is a level that is full of everything I think it gets right, which is how it deconstructs some common Halo tropes and uses effective imagery to craft a bleak, soul-crushing atmosphere.īefore analyzing Exodus, it’s important to remember the level before it, Long Night of Solace - in particular, how it ends. Together with the ReShade preset, I found a style for the game that I really love, and enjoying playing through Reach in this new light inspired me to write an analysis on my favorite level in the game: Exodus (supported, of course, with pretty screenshots). On top of that, a friend of mine showed me how you can mess around with your NVIDIA Control Panel to force the game to use 16x Anisotropic Filtering, boosting the sharpness of the in-game textures. The franchise being on PC means that ReShade can be used to alter various settings that change the way Reach looks, and I found a preset for it that made the game feel more moody and cinematic. In the wake of the release of Halo: Reach on PC, I decided to replay the title’s campaign with some interesting changes.
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